EDITOR’S NOTE: Ashland Source asked readers to nominate heroes from the community in the fight against the coronavirus. One reader nominated Hillsdale kindergartener Lucy Ajtaji. JEROMESVILLE — Six-year-old Lucy Ajtaji approached her mother last week with her piggy bank in hand. The Hillsdale kindergartener had decided to give her savings to “people who can’t buy food” and […]
Tracy Leturgey, Staff Reporter
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Behind the numbers: How is testing taking place in Ashland County?
ASHLAND — Ashland County has less confirmed cases of COVID-19 than in adjacent counties like Richland and Wayne, where 50 and 72 cases respectively were confirmed as of late Friday afternoon. Ashland County has five confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, which falls better in line with the number of cases reported in Holmes and Knox […]
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Ashland Balloonfest, July 4th fireworks & Boomerang Championship: Can the show go on?
ASHLAND — The answer is maybe, Mayor Matt Miller said at a press conference Friday. As Ohio remains under lockdown until May 1, some communities have already cancelled a number of summer events. But Ashland is taking a wait-and-see approach for now. The United States Boomerang Association’s 2020 National Championship initially set for June 13 and […]
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Ashland nursing home shares how one positive case of COVID-19 was contained
ASHLAND — In early April, an Ashland nursing home learned an employee tested positive for COVID-19, but the response appears to have kept this case of the novel coronavirus from further spreading within the facility. Through its COVID-19 Dashboard earlier this week, the State of Ohio’s Health Department reported one individual at the Lutheran Social […]
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North central Ohio farmers adapt to impact of COVID-19
ASHLAND — Pam Haley of West Salem is praying for good weather this year. The full-time grain and cattle farmer knows her lifestyle comes with uncertainty. There’s even more of that amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has turned life in the United States upside-down since mid-March. Still, she’d pick farming over gambling. […]
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Ashland University donates surplus food to local organizations
ASHLAND — Ashland University has donated hundreds of pounds of its surplus food to local institutions that are continuing to feed community members during the COVID-19 pandemic within only the past few weeks. Following Ashland University’s mid-March decision to suspend face-to-face classes for the remainder of the spring semester, the Ashland University Dining Services began giving […]
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Ashland residents are using 3D printers to manufacture face shields
ASHLAND — As the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) continues, Ashland County residents have begun donating their own supplies to the Ashland County Emergency Management Agency. Some are tackling the issue by sewing cloth masks, others by 3D printing plastic face shields. Since last week, the owners of approximately 20 3D printers across Ashland County […]
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UH Samaritan Medical Center temporarily closes 2 urgent cares to save PPE
LOUDONVILLE — University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center is readying for a potential surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) patients by temporarily closing some facilities, as part of a purposeful attempt to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE). The UH Samaritan Medical Center announced the closure of its New London Urgent Care in the northern part of Ashland County Thursday […]
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Daily Heroes: Local seamstress, business owner sew masks for local healthcare workers
ASHLAND — Local seamstresses have wasted no time lamenting their loss of business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, instead they’ve kept busier than ever, finding better purpose for their time and the scraps of cloth once cluttering their workspaces. Last April, Ashland seamstress Linda Turske was altering prom and wedding dresses for the celebratory season ahead, but […]
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Divided Ashland County commissioners buy Pump House office, against advice of auditor and prosecutor
ASHLAND — A divided Ashland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved buying the former Pump House Ministries office building, against the advice of county Auditor Cindy Funk and Prosecutor Chris Tunnell. In what they call a “forward-thinking move,” commissioners Michael Welch and Denny Bittle approved the purchase of the approximately 44,000-square-foot building at 400 […]